Wittich
surname · Latin script
Meaning: zu einem Rufnamen auf Wit-/Witt-; zeigt ch/g-Variation im Auslaut nach i (Wittich/Wittig)
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/wɪtɪk/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Wittich is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- CHSwitzerland1 in 156K(measured from records)
- PLPoland1 in 368K
- CZCzechia1 in 535K
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 16 (measured from records)
- 1 in 156K (inferred from the name graph)
512 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
Switzerland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Wittich' in PL Poland.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
zu einem Rufnamen auf Wit-/Witt-; zeigt ch/g-Variation im Auslaut nach i (Wittich/Wittig).
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Wittich counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 512 | 1 in 650K | 527 | Wittich | 4 |
| PL Poland | 104 | 1 in 368K | 63 | Wittich' | 16 |
| CH Switzerland | 54 | 1 in 156K | 54 | — | 1 |
| AR Argentina | 43 | 1 in 1.1M | 43 | — | — |
| BR Brazil | 37 | 1 in 5.7M | 37 | — | — |
| CZ Czechia | 20 | 1 in 535K | 20 | Wittich | 7 |
512 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); MVČR — living population register 2017. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Wittich is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Gutturale Variation -g/-ch im Familiennamen; 1208 Belege. Karte zeigt Wittig/Wittich.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Paul Wittichb. 1546DEGerman mathematician and astronomer (died 1587)
- Christopher Wittichb. 1625NLDutch theologian
- Jacobus Wittichiusb. 1677DEnot in their usual nameGerman-Dutch philosopher
- Adolf von Wittichb. 1836PLpolitician (1836-1906)
- Manfred Wittichb. 1851DEGerman literary historian and author
- Marie Wittichb. 1868DEGerman operatic soprano
- Heinrich Wittichb. 1891DEGerman politician (1891-1956)
- Berthold Wittichb. 1933DEGerman politician
- Mathias Wittichb. 1950DEGerman screenwriter and film producer (1950–2017)
- Frieder Wittichb. 1974DEGerman director and screenwriter
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 18 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 527 | #39,304 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 512 | #42,378 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 486 | #47,112 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 63 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 63 | #42,948 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 54 | #17,560 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 43 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 41 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 41 | #57,422 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 37 | #129,205 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 20 | #53,631 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Wittich?
- A machine transcription gives /wɪtɪk/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Wittich mean?
- Recorded meaning: zu einem Rufnamen auf Wit-/Witt-; zeigt ch/g-Variation im Auslaut nach i (Wittich/Wittig).
- In which country does Wittich have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 512 people named Wittich, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled wittich.
- Where is Wittich most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Wittich is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 156 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Wittich?
- In the United States, the national register counted 512 people named Wittich in 2010, about 1 in 650 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Wittich?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/wittichThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Wittich”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.